Rural Life
Young farm workers need to be 'mature enough to operate machinery'
It is imperative that young people working on a farm are interviewed to ensure that they are mature enough to...
Rural Life
It is imperative that young people working on a farm are interviewed to ensure that they are mature enough to...
Agri-Business
With just two weeks until the end of this year’s slurry spreading season, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern...
Rural Life
An intensive farm inspection campaign is set to begin on Monday, October 1, with a special focus on working safely...
Beef
Now that the National Ploughing Championships are behind us, it won’t be long until winter is upon us. Although farmers’...
Rural Life
It may be time to consider linking farm safety standards on farms to direct payments under the Common Agricultural Policy...
Rural Life
The Embrace FARM Tractor Drive pulled into the Virginia Agricultural Show in Co. Cavan yesterday for a quick pitstop, before...
Rural Life
Dualla Show organisers have set the focus firmly on farm safety this Sunday, August 26, for this year’s event. With...
Rural Life
Farm safety was a central focus at the Tullamore Show this year, with several Irish organisations making the issue a...
Machinery
Three years ago, Ger Rigney noticed an industrial lawnmower with a roll bar fitted to it and wondered: Why was...
Rural Life
A Sussex farmer who was found dead in a field was likely trampled to death by his own cattle, police...
Rural Life
The “idyllic portrayal” of the family farm is “far removed” from the hard reality of day-to-day tasks undertaken by farmers...
Machinery
Power take-off (PTO) shafts are the power source for many machines that are attached to and powered by tractors. PTOs...
Rural Life
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) completed almost 2,000 farm inspections and investigations in 2017, representing approximately 20% of the total...
Rural Life
A 73-year-old man has died following a farm accident in Co. Galway yesterday (Tuesday, July 24), a spokesperson for the...
Beef
A large crowd attended the first of a series of farm walks organised by Bord Bia and Teagasc to provide...
N.Ireland
Around one in 10 air ambulance call-outs in Northern Ireland over the last year have been related to farming incidents,...
Rural Life
ESB Networks has issued a public safety warning to the farming community about transporting high loads of hay and straw...
Tillage
Many tillage farmers and contractors have started to harvest or are harvesting winter barley and oats at present; farmers are...